AIK and Jonkoping Sodra, home to Kenyan internationals Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Eric Johana Omondi respectively, were in action in matches played on Monday evening in the Swedish league. Here is a wrap of how the Kenyan internationals faired with their teams.Eric ‘Marcelo’ OumaMarcelo featured for the full length of the game as his AIK side got back to winning ways with a narrow 1-0 victory against Halmstad in a Swedish top tier league match played on Monday evening at Friends Arena Stadium.Going into the match, Orebro FC had held AIK to a 1-1 stalemate in the previous round and thus temporarily halted AIK’s back to back victories.In the match against Halmstad, Marcelo’s AIK, courtesy of a first-half strike from Nicolas Marcelo Steffaneli, were able to get back in tune with their impressive start to the 2021 Swedish season.With the win, AIK shot up to third on the log on 24 points, only six behind log leading Djurgarden and five behind last season champions Malmo.Impressively, Marcelo has not missed any match this season for AIK in the thirteen games they have played, featuring for all the ninety minutes.
Eric Johana OmondiStill in Sweden, but in the second division, midfielder Johana was missing in action as his Jonkoping Sodra side picked up a hefty 3-0 thumping against current log leaders Varnamo in a match played at Stadsparksvallen on Monday night.Freddy Winsth gave the visitors the lead in the 26th minute before Uddenas Oscar made it two just four minutes later. With six minutes left on the clock, Jonkoping conceded an own goal to compound their misery as they succumbed to back to back victories.With the loss, Jonkopings dropped off the pace and are currently in sixth place on the log, eight points adrift the leading Varnamo.